I did border bounce... sop ruak. One night stay lao....sv hotel...return next morning. Suggest the immigration man to the far right .... you will have to pass through police check point in and out from sv hotel... in no problem.. said sv hotel.. out... the head police guy wanted passport. He used phone to take photos..called someone.. he say ok. ..go. I walked to immigration building... in and out..immigration man say ""Friday " I say "today " which was Thursday. He stamp me our... ferry back to Thailand. The first immigration man on the left seemed cranky. Got 60 stamp from man on the far right.. this was less than two weeks ago... 2000B lao fee .. paid in thai baht..
before obtaining the "Yellow book" Kasikorn said no... after..... yes.. opened account about two weeks ago.. this would be on a 60 day tourist stamp... married to Thai woman ...
I have transferred the same amount to the same person at least 9 times in the last year... this time.... western union has taken 6 days and still not transferred ... took the money from my US bank no problem the first day... I have switched to Wise and the first transfer to my new Kasikorn account was 7 seconds...